Ink pan



Aug- 20, 1929 T. H. KIRKPATRICK 1,725,146

INK PAN Filed March 5, 1928 INVENTOR I wxTNEsaKm/V ATTORNEY PatentedAug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES THOMAS HARRY KIRKPATRICK, OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

INK PAN.

Application led March 5, 1928. Serial No. 259,326.

My present invention has reference to line ruling machines, such as arecommonly employed in printing plants and the like for scribing parallellines of different colors upon sheets of paper, the present improvementbeing primarily directed to the ink pan for such machines, and the meansfor delivering ink from the pans to the scribing pens.

The primary object of the invention is to secure over the pen clamp aswell as upon the beam clamp any desired number of superimposed ink pans,secured together in a novel manner whereby the rear of the pans willremain open so that different colored inks can be fed into the severalpans and further wherein each of the pans has arranged in its bottom anabsorbent sheet, against which rests one end of a capillary agent whoseopposite ends are connected each with one of the scribing pens andwhereby ink will be delivered to the pens in an easy and steady mannerwithout the liability of over or underfeeding the same, with the resultthat clear, sharp and solid lines of uniform thickness will be scribedon the paper.

For a full and comprehensive understanding of the invention reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings which form part of thisapplication.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improvement in applied position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

In the drawings I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate the inkdelivery means for the several pans, nor have I deemed it necessary toillustrate a complete line ruling machine. The beam of the machine is,in the drawings, indicated by the numeral 1, the said beam beingprovided with the usual round opening that affords a bearing for thepivot member 2. The beam, at what may be termed its forward end islongitudinally notched to form the same with a groove 3 an'd in thisgroove there is received a tongue 4 on the upper element 5 of the penclamp. The lower element or block 6 of the pen clamp is secured to theupper element through the medium of screws which have knurled heads 7and the tongue 4 is retained in the groove 3 by similar screws or bolts8. The outer or nose end of the clamp is rounded and there is arrangedin suitable depressions between the parts 5 and 6 of the clamp the innerand straight ends 9 of the scribing pens 10. Passing through the upperelement 5 of the pen clamp adajcent to the ends thereof there are bolts11. These bolts also pass through openings in bosses 12 provided on theinner ends ofsubstantially rectangular pans 13. As disclosed by thedrawings the pans are arranged in superimposed relation, that is, onepan rests on the other, but the bosses l2 are so arranged that what maybe termed the rear of the pans are open, and these openings providemeans whereby different colored ink may be fed into the individual pans13. The uppermost pan is partly closed by a plate 14, and screwed uponthe bolts 11 and contacting with the plate 14 there are knurled nuts 15.

Resting on the bottom of each of the pans 13 there is a sheet of felt orlike fabric material 16, and passing through the forward end of each panand having its inner end resting upon the sheet 16 there is a capillaryagent 17. The capillary agents 17 are each in the nature of a string andare preferably formed of a yarn. The elements 17 may be hollow and,therefore, are in the nature of tubes. Each of the elements 17 isconnected, as at 18, to one of the scribing pens 10.

The different colored inks in the several pans 13, being directed ontothe fabric pads 16, will be siphoned therefrom by the elements 17 by acapillary attraction so that the ink will be fed to the several scribingpens 10 in an easy and steady manner without the liability of over orunder feeding of t-he said pens and the result is that the paper 19which is fed beneath the pens will have inscribed thereon clear, sharp,and solid lines of uniform thickness.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of a tiltablebeam having a sectional pen clamp removably secured thereto, andscribing pens secured to and depending from the clamp, superimposed inkreceiving pans rest-ing on the beam and clamp and removably securedthereto, each of said pans being of a different width whereby the rearof each of the pans is partly open, a plate partly covering the top ofthe uppermost pan, each of said pans having a sheet of fabric in thebottom thereof and tubular capillary agents having one of their endsresting on the said sheet, directed through the top of the pans, clampedthereon by the bottom of the superimposed pan and the mentioned plateand directed toward and secured to the respective scribing pens.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination with atilt-able beam having a groove in the outer face thereof, a twopartclamp having a tongue received in the groove, adjustable means forsecuring the tongue in the groove, bolts for connecting the parts of theclamp, scribing pens having straight ends secured between the parts ofthe clamp, and bolts secured to and projecting upwardly from adjacentthe ends of the upper element of the clamps, superimposed ink receivingpans, the lowermost of which resting on the top of the clamp and thebeam, said pans having their inner faces adjacent their ends formed withbosses through which the mentioned bolts pass, said pans being soarranged that the rear portions thereof are partly open, a plate uponthe uppermost pan for partially closing the same, nuts screwed on thebolts and contacting with the plate, a fabric sheet resting in thebottom of the pan, and tubular members of absorbent material clamped bythe superimposed pans and plate, resting on the sheets, directed towardand attached to the respective scribing pens, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS I-IARRY KIRKPATRICK.

